邱令智

Mr. Clifford K. Chiu is a corporate director and private investment firm senior advisor, as well as a board or committee appointee to government bodies and non-governmental organizations in the financial services, enterprise software, data and technology-enabled solutions, healthcare, education, social welfare and the arts sectors located in the United States and Hong Kong.

A retired partner in 2014 at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) who founded and led capital raising and investor relations for the Asia Pacific region, Mr. Chiu is currently a director of Finastra plc, Tibco Software, Inc., Cambium Learning Group (NASDAQ:ABCD), Ping Identity, Inc., Infoblox, Inc. and Regulatory DataCorp., Inc. He serves as a senior advisor to Vista Equity Partners and Neuberger Berman Group in the United States and Hong Kong, and is a government appointee to the Market Development Committee of Financial Services Development Council and to the Investment Committee of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority.

With a career spanning 38 years, Mr. Chiu previously served as a managing director & head of Asian institutional business at JP Morgan Asset Management and managing director & co-head of Japan investment banking and then head of Hong Kong investment banking at Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup and its predecessors in New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo. He is a former director of Hsin Chong Construction Group (Hang Seng: 0404.HK) and the Hong Kong Hospital Authority’s United Christian Hospital and Tseung Kwan O Hospital for over a decade.

Now with residence in Austin, Texas and Hong Kong, Mr. Chiu is a director of the St. James Settlement, an advisor to Cyberport.hk and a member of the finance committee of Seton Health Family. A lifelong champion of education, Mr. Chiu currently serves on the global advisory board of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business where in 2015 he was appointed the first “distinguished executive-in-residence” at its Hong Kong campus. The Chiu family have endowed annual scholarships for the underrepresented at his alma maters Chicago Booth and the University of Pennsylvania as well as the Hong Kong University Medical School, Pomona College and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where in 2017 he was named a senior fellow at the Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurialism. Through the Clinton Global Initiative, Mr. Chiu launched a 2015 commitment to action, “K-12 Learning Through Global Connectivity” in language arts and STEM skills.

Dr. Theodore S FAUNCE

Dr. Theodore S. Faunce is an educationalist with particular interest in the future of education in China. Prior to his tenure as Headmaster of Chinese International School in Hong Kong from 2006 through 2017, Dr. Faunce served for eight years as Director of the American Section of the Lycée International in St. Germain-en-Laye, outside of Paris, also a dual-language school. He previously taught French for fourteen years at the Episcopal High School, a coeducational boarding school in Virginia. Dr. Faunce was a recipient of the CASE Chief Executive Leadership Award (Asia-Pacific) in 2010. He has been a participant in the G20 Schools conference since 2009 and a keynote speaker at conferences throughout the Asia Pacific region. Following graduation from The Hotchkiss School, Dr. Faunce attended Princeton University, where he earned his B.A. and Ph.D. in Romance Languages. He serves as a director for Teach for China and is a member of the Hong Kong X-Tech Advisory Committee and the Cyberport Advisory Council.

James LLOYD

James Lloyd leads EY’s dedicated financial technology capability across Asia-Pacific, supporting both early-stage and incumbent financial service innovators, while simultaneously expanding the firm’s relationships with regulators, venture capital and other ecosystem participants. James is also an APAC representative of the firm’s global payments practice. Prior to EY, James helped build and scale a venture-backed alternative-finance platform enabling banks to profitably offer short-term unsecured loans to underserved small businesses. Before that, he worked with a bootstrapped e-commerce payment gateway combining direct-to-market customer acquisition with white-labelled full-service delivery for partner banks. Based in Hong Kong, James sits on a variety of fintech advisory panels, including the new-business committee of the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC).

马德勤

Andrew is non-executive Chairman of Acorus Investment management, a China-Africa private equity investor. The investment strategy focuses on contributing growth capital to expanding African businesses and facilitating Chinese participation in the form of co-investment, commercial partnership or strategic acquisition in Africa.

Previously, Andrew was the General Manager of Banking for National Australia Bank in Hong Kong, where he oversaw the private banking, commercial banking, and retail banking businesses. Andrew served on NAB's Asian leadership committee, asset and liabilities committee (ALCO), and chaired NAB's Asian investment committee. He oversaw the acquisition of a licensed boutique asset management firm in Hong Kong, that specialised in alpha generating strategies from optimised sector allocations. Andrew was an approved alternate bank CEO by Hong Kong's banking regulator. Prior to this, Andrew worked for Westpac, JP Morgan and investment bank Jardine Fleming. Andrew also founded and successfully grew an Australasian technology consultancy company for 9 years.

Andrew holds an MBA in Finance and Economics from The University of Sydney Graduate School of Management. He has made over 25 appearances in the media including the South China Morning Post and the Australian Financial Review. Since 2010, Andrew has served as adjunct faculty at Macquarie University’s Graduate School of Management and regularly guest lectures at the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Business and Economics. Andrew is also a current or former board member of several private investment companies. Andrew also serves on several not-for-profit boards including the Australian Chamber of Commerce in HK (as Chairman) and two school boards in Asia. Andrew is the chairman of the Governance Committee of the Australian International School in Hong Kong, and Andrew facilitates the Australian Institute of Company Directors' International Company Directors' course in Asia.

Peter KOO

Peter Koo is one of the Practice Builder of Deloitte's Fintech Assurance practice and is one of the Practice Leaders of our Advisory in Audit - IT in China and Hong Kong. He was appointed as the National Leader of Security, Privacy, and Resiliency Consulting Services in Greater China Region in 2012. He leads and manages Privacy & Security Services, risk management consulting services in Sarbanes Oxley Attestation/Readiness, Internal Audit, Corporate Governance, Information Technology Due Diligence, System Processing Consulting and Re-engineering as well as Fintech Assurance & related Advisory. He was assigned as the National leader of the firm’s eBusiness Security and Certification Authority/PKI consulting services in 2000. He also serves the firm’s various industry groups, including the Global Financial Services Industry (GFSI) Group as well as the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Group.

Peter has been an organizer, moderator and panellist of a number of FinTech events and activities, including the organized in 2017 such as the Deloitte's Hong Kong Technology Fast 20 and Rising Star Program, START Fintech Conference 2017, Info Security Conference, IES 2017 FinTech Forum, and ISACA FinTech Panel. With the honour being interviewed by live TV program and local magazines, Peter is recognised as a FinTech expert. He is also being appointed as an advisor on the Hong Kong Blockchain Society, FinTech Association of Hong Kong, and the HK Invotech.

Having served the firm in numerous countries, he also led the Internet Security Consulting Services in the West Coast of both Canada and United States of America. Prior to joining the firm, he worked in different internal audit departments within the Federal Government of Canada, with specialization in System Process Consulting and Business Process Re-engineering as well as Risk Management. He has been identified as an icon in the domains of Technology Risk Management Consulting of Deloitte and contributed much in the IT/business communities.

Peter is certified to implement WebTrust Assurance Services and is the founder of Certification Authority/Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) initiative for Hong Kong office. He plays a key role in the WebTrust and Certification Authority for CARO compliance standard setting committee for the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA). He is also a committee member of the Digital, Information and Telecommunications ("DIT") Committee of HKGCC. Peter has been communicating and liaising with HKMA FinTech Facilitation Office and SFC on behalf of Deloitte over different initiatives including Block Chain and Fintech related matters.

莫傑麒

Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Moorjani was the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Credit Asia Capital, an Asian special situations investment firm he established in partnership with the Blackstone Strategic Alliance Fund. Prior to that, Mr. Moorjani was Co-Head of Asia at D.B. Zwirn, a $5 billion special situations investment firm, where he was involved in launching the Asian investment business. From 1998 to 2004, Mr. Moorjani was with Colony Capital, where he held various positions across several of the firm's offices, including serving as the CEO of Colony Capital Taiwan.

Mr. Moorjani received an MBA and a BBA (Honours) from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto , where he serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council

潘燊昌

Dr Patrick S.C. Poon, Chairman of Harvest SCP Group Company Limited, has over 40 years of experience in the insurance industry. He has gathered various accolades, including being the first Hong Kong born citizen to obtain the professional qualification of the Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in the UK. Later he also obtained the fellowships of actuaries in Australia, the Chinese Mainland and Taiwan. He helped China Pacific Insurance (Group) Company Limited to be listed in the Stock Exchanges of Shanghai in 2007 and Hong Kong in 2009. In 2010, after helping China Pacific Life Insurance Company Limited receive the Best Life Insurance Company of the Year award in the Asia Insurance Industry Awards, Dr Poon remained as its top adviser until 2011.

Dr Poon is Chairman of Shing Cheong Charitable Foundation Limited and an ardent supporter of education. He is currently Chairman of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Foundation and a member of the University Court. He also serves as Deputy Chairman of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Convocation Standing Committee and a member of HKU Court and Council, as well as a member of the Board of Governors of Hang Seng Management College. Dr Poon serves the community in many other roles, including as Independent Non-Executive Director of Hang Seng Insurance Company Limited, Charter President of Rotary Club of Hong Kong Harbour and a member of the Board of Governors of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta.

Dr Poon was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2013 and an Honorary Fellowship by his alma mater The University of Hong Kong in 2011.

Jeffrey A. RHODA

Jeff Rhoda has spent more than 30 years in the technology industry with IBM in areas including sales, marketing, channels, and ibm.com. He is currently the General Manager, Greater China Group.

Prior to his current position, Jeff held general manager roles in both Korea and in Australia/New Zealand. Previously, he was the general manager of IBM’s government industry worldwide responsible for industry performance, strategy and strategic partnerships after leading public sector sales in IBM’s Growth Markets Unit covering 149 countries.

Jeff is an inaugural member of IBM’s Industry Academy and a member the corporate Growth & Transformation Team and the Client Experience Team. He has extensive global experience having lived in in Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Seoul and Beijing in addition to his native USA.

Jeff holds a BS degree from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park and lives in Beijing.

Sushil SALUJA

Mr Saluja is Senior Managing Director for Accenture Financial Services in Europe, Africa, and Latin America (EALA). He serves as a member of Accenture’s global Financial Services Board, which oversees a $7bn business worldwide.

Prior to assuming his current role, Mr Saluja led Accenture’s Financial Services business in Asia Pacific based in Hong Kong. Before that, he led the Financial Services business in UK/Ireland, and Accenture Payment Services globally. He has been Client Partner for two of Accenture’s largest banking clients in the UK, one for 8 years and one for 3 years.

Mr Saluja serves on the Advisory Board for TheCityUK, an industry body representing and promoting financial services in London and the UK, which he helped set up and has been a member of since 2010.

In addition, Mr Saluja serves on the boards of a few charities in London: Heart of the City, assisting small and medium enterprises to develop their corporate and social responsibility programmes; and The Princes’ Teaching Institute which aims to enhance the quality of academic standards in UK government schools.

Mr Saluja joined Accenture in 1998 after studying Engineering at Cambridge University. He lives in London with his wife Seema.

冼治强博士

Balaji Srinivasan joined the University of Chicago in September 2016. As the Vice President for Global Initiatives and Strategy and Senior Associate Provost, Bala oversees the central University’s global engagement activities and management of the University Centers in Hong Kong, Delhi, and Beijing. He also works to build academic partnerships and research collaborations with international partners, create global education opportunities, and strengthen our connections to foreign institutional partners, policymakers, and civic leaders. Bala collaborates closely with deans and faculty on academic opportunities, as well as with administrative leadership regarding issues of compliance and risk.

Prior to joining the University, Bala served as Managing Director of Och Ziff Capital Management, based in India and Hong Kong; Executive Director of Goldman Sachs Hong Kong; and Associate Director of Jardine Fleming in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Mumbai. Bala received a B.S. in Mathematics from CalTech in 1989 and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1995.

Gordon WATSON

Mr Gordon Watson is the former Regional Chief Executive of AIA Group responsible for 5 markets, including Hong Kong & Macau, Australia, the Philippines, Vietnam and New Zealand. He was also responsible for Corporate Solutions business, Partnership Distribution, Healthcare and Vitality across the entire group.

Gordon was with AIG/AIA for over 30 years in various leadership positions in New York, London, Africa, the Middle East, Japan, Korea and Hong Kong. He is known as a transformational global leader driving cultural change and has a passion for making a difference in peoples’ lives.

姚祖辉, JP

Mr Andrew Yao is the Chairman and CEO of Hong Kong Shanghai Alliance Holdings Limited (formerly known as Van Shung Chong Holdings Limited) listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 1994. He also founded iSteelAsia Holdings Limited listed on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2001. He is Chairman of Hong Kong Shanghai Land Limited, a company investing in office and commercial property projects in downtown Shanghai. Past projects include Metropark, Central Park Putuo and Central Park Pudong.

He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and the Harvard Graduate School of Business. In December 2012, he was elected to the National People's Congress, becoming one of 36 Hong Kong deputies at the highest organ of state power in China.

He was also the Standing Committee Member of All-China Youth Federation, the Standing Committee Member of China People’s Political Consultative Conference of Shanghai(CPPCC), Vice Chairman of Youth Federation of State-owned Enterprises and Shanghai Youth Federation. He was former member of the Central Policy Unit of the HKSAR, former Chairman of the Hong Kong United Youth Association (2007 – 2008), founder of the Young President Organization (YPO) Shanghai Chapter.

Mr Yao was awarded “Young Industrialist Awards of Hong Kong” in 2004 and was awarded Justice of Peace by HKSAR in 2008. In 2010 and 2011, was awarded “Annual Contribution Award of Shanghai Youth Federation”. In 2016, the HKSAR Government, awarded him the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) for his contribution to the promotion of youth development in Hong Kong.